Union City High School

Set in Union City, New Jersey, Union City High School is a substantial high school, overseen by Union City School District. It serves 3,147 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 239% larger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Within Union City School District, which oversees 14 schools and 11,519 students, Union City High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Union City High School logs that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 181 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Union City High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.1%, the actual is 29.4%, a residual of +3.3 points.

Across the wider county, Hudson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,795 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Hudson County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), Union City High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Robert Waters Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Union City High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Union City High School's enrollment has increased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 2,899 (now 3,147). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Union City High School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.